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Find important quotes and citations by the author Mark Twain.
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Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a centuryMore quotes on the topics: love knowledge perfection marriage experience
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By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I meanQuote 1456
Golf is a good walk spoiledQuote 1454
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rollingQuote 1412
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swearMore quotes on the topics: anger patience serenity superiority
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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed itMore quotes on the topics: forgiveness quarrel
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Humor is mankind's greatest blessingQuote 1294
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.More quotes on the topics: humor secret sources joy sorrow heaven
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The lack of money is the root of all evilQuote 1133
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boardsMore quotes on the topics: stupidity god practice improvement
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other wayMore quotes on the topics: animals learning experience opportunity
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have beenQuote 895
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it upQuote 847
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teethingQuote 844
A baby is an inestimable blessing and botherQuote 837
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed itQuote 796
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brainMore quotes on the topics: love heart opportunity mind
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Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desiredQuote 714
To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it withQuote 634
I have achieved my seventy years in the usual way, by sticking strictly to a scheme of life which would kill anybody else....I will offer here, as a sound maxim, this: That we can't reach old age by another man's roadMore quotes on the topics: age individualism uniqueness
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What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too lightQuote 613
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteenMore quotes on the topics: happiness desires changes birth living
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When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.More quotes on the topics: youth mind reality imaginations
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There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the pressMore quotes on the topics: protection law freedom speech people
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political careerQuote 480
When in doubt tell the truthQuote 399
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you pleaseMore quotes on the topics: discussion facts willpower serenity wisdom
Quote 388
It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.More quotes on the topics: fortune god freedom benefit speech wisdom thoughts superficiality
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a manMore quotes on the topics: animals gratitude difference people hunger
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.More quotes on the topics: performance animals fight power endurance
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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become greatMore quotes on the topics: character attention people honesty jealousy
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Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself.Quote 336
Work is a necessary evil to be avoidedMore quotes on the topics: work evil aversion necessity duty
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skinMore quotes on the topics: money greed difference
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Only one thing, is impossible for god: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planetMore quotes on the topics: impossibility religion god sense
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Truth is more of a stranger than fictionQuote 310
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter--it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.More quotes on the topics: speech difference attention troubles disputes
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the differenceMore quotes on the topics: discussion fools caution assessment
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Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the mostQuote 259
Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubtQuote 257
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on childrenQuote 252
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matterMore quotes on the topics: age indifference mind
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You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focusMore quotes on the topics: imaginations dependence
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explainedMore quotes on the topics: knowledge mystery explanation madness
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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.More quotes on the topics: friendship conscience satisfaction lifetime
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflectMore quotes on the topics: opinion majority mind agreement critism
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine livesMore quotes on the topics: difference animals falsehood toughness endurance
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A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liarMore quotes on the topics: truth falsehood self-knowledge character
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rainMore quotes on the topics: protection unreliability profession problems money
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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out insideMore quotes on the topics: secret success indifference enjoyment
Quote 110
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.More quotes on the topics: health intentions experience irony
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprintQuote 96
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.Quote 78
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the restMore quotes on the topics: astonishment decision joy
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The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeedsMore quotes on the topics: ideas imaginations changes recognition ridiculousness stupidity
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.More quotes on the topics: dependence world living
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The higher the pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in cash, also.More quotes on the topics: joy enthusiasm earnings satisfaction